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A regional political class for itself
constitution is much more than a mere formality. The Scotland Act of 1998 not only defines Scotland’s place within the territorial order of the UK, it also determines large parts of the internal rules of democracy in Scotland. The scope of these provisions ranges from the electoral system to questions of government formation, and legislative–executive relations to prescribing details of the parliament’s internal structure. A regional political class with its own distinct career interests is not likely to be content with such a situation. Instead, it would be expected to act